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Will County Illinois Desk covers weather alerts, local government, schools, roads and business news for Will County, Illinois.
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News · Will County · Joliet · Illinois
Joliet’s Light Up The Holidays Parade and Festival of the Gnomes are set to return, bringing two community events back to the local calendar.
News · Will County · Joliet · Illinois
Joliet police said a mother is in Will County Jail after her 12-year-old child died of a heroin overdose in 2024.
News · Will County · Joliet · Illinois
The Illinois Department of Transportation has reaffirmed Joliet Patch’s prediction that the Brandon Road Bridge would reopen.
News · Will County · Joliet · Illinois
IDOT says drivers traveling through Joliet on I-80 should plan for heavy traffic backups this weekend.
News · Will County · Joliet · Illinois
Lane closures are planned along I-80 in Joliet this weekend, with additional traffic shifts scheduled to begin Monday.
News · Will County · Illinois
A proposed Illinois study would examine how autonomous vehicles could fit into public transit and shape the state’s transportation future.
News · Will County · Joliet · Illinois
Gov. J.B. Pritzker updated a March announcement to put the expected Joliet job total at 3,750.
News · Will County · Joliet · Illinois
The Jackson Street Bridge in Joliet is scheduled to shut down for five nights beginning Monday.
News · Will County · Joliet · Illinois
The City of Joliet has scheduled the start of water main work on Jefferson Street for Oct. 12.
News · Will County · Joliet · Illinois
Cemenos Pizza is set to host a two-day outdoor Octoberfest festival with music and stein contests.
News · Will County · Joliet · Illinois
A Joliet murder defendant was moved to the Will County Jail after turning 18, changing where he is held as his case continues.
News · Will County · Illinois
Destinee Ortiz says the Will County Board must decide whether license plate readers should be removed from all county property.
News · Will County · Illinois
The board must decide whether license plate readers should be removed from all property controlled by Will County.
News · Will County · Illinois
The Illinois Department of Transportation says its reconstruction project on I-80 has reached its final phase.
News · Will County · Joliet · Illinois
Overnight lane closures are planned on Interstate 55 near Joliet, though the timing and traffic details have not been announced here.
News · Will County · Joliet · Illinois
A reported closure of Joliet’s Jackson Street Bridge could be manageable, but its effect depends on timing, duration and detour plans.
News · Will County · Joliet · Illinois
A 17-year-old boy was shot with an air gun during a toilet paper prank near Byrum Road and Hel Mar Lane in Joliet, the Will County sheriff said.
News · Will County · Joliet · Illinois
Joliet has described the location of the Laraway Road railroad overpass as one of the most difficult bridge sites in Illinois.
News · Will County · Joliet · Illinois
Joliet planning and zoning reviewers are scheduled to consider an industrial warehouse project at City Hall later today.
News · Will County · Illinois
The Will County Health Department has reported the county’s first identified human case of West Nile virus.
News · Will County · Joliet · Illinois
A current number of fatal traffic-crash investigations by Joliet police cannot be confirmed from a dated department record.
News · Will County · Illinois
Lt. John Allen won back his position as a Will County sheriff’s sniper, but his return to the sheriff’s facility has not been confirmed.